COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2775, 26 April 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Times Ojhee, Friday. ' AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs A. Bucklaxd and Sons report as fellows :—At tho Haymarkot during the past week foddder has ranged from 2s Gd to 'M !)d the cwt ; oats. Is lid to 2s 2d ; maize, .is -Id and 8s 5d ; wheat, 2s lid ; ryegrass, :!s tid to (is ; cocksfoot, (is 9d the.bushel ; potatoes, £2 8s ; chaff, £3 10s ; bonedust, £7 the ton. On Friday, the 18th, horse stock were in full uumbers, and met with iv good demand at full values. The nnln'okcm stock ranged in price from £5 5s to tl 1 15s, and useful light, harness and riding horses from £5 ~>s to .fill. At tte hide and skin sale on Tuesday best ox hides sold from 3gd to 4gd ; cow hides, from l.[d to 2d ; light ox hides, ljd to 2£d ; calfskins, 3d to 4£d the lb ; tallow. 17s (id to 19s (is ; bones, 4s (id the cwt ; pelts, Is 3d ; skins, 5s 3d; lambskins, Is fid to 2s 9d each ; lambswool, GJd the lb. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were more numerous than usual ; prices were without change from late markets. The store cattle advertised occasioned a large attendance. Grown steers sold fairly well, but yearlings to two-year-olds were at comparatively low prices. Fat cattle, in usual number, were lower than last week fully Is the 1001b ; prices for steers were at 15s the 1001b. Fat sheep, in moderate supply, were, if of choice quality, of better worth, but medium quality and lambs were scarcely so high as List week. Pigs, of heavier weight than have been for some time, met a good market ; this class of stock should now be forwarded for sale, but young pigs, yarded numerously, scarcely kept their late values. Prices for quiet dairy cows near calving ranged from £3.t0 £5 15s ; dry cows, 15s £2 ; yearling steers, £1 5s ; two-year-old steers, £2 to £2 Gs ; three-year-old steers, £3 5s ; four-year-old steers, £1 5s each. The bull calves from 12s Gd to G2s Gd each. SO oxen averaged £7 ; other 80 oxen, £G 10s; 25 cows, £3 5s each ; (iOO wethers, 15s ; 300 ewes, lis Gd each ; lambs, from 8s to lis Gd ; heavy pigs, from £2 14s to £4 7s (id ; weanera, 4s to 8s each. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Rkpokt.—Horse feed, seeds, grain etc.: The market has been inactive, without material alteration in value. We quote: Oats, 2s to 2s 4d per bushel; maize, 3s; bran, £4 per ton. Horses have been in better demand than for some time, and good weight-carriers have sold higher, and medium draught have found ready purchasers. There was an increased number of entries for sale by auction at the Durham Yards, and bidding was fast to those of a good stamp, and there remained an unsatisfied demand. Hacks sold at from £4 2s Gd to £22 10s ; light harness and medium draught, at from £5 10s to £1.4 10s. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, etc.: There was a fair catalogue at the Durham Yards on Tuesday. Really heavy ox hides were eagerly competed for up to 5d per lb ; medium, 3d to l[d: light aud cow, from l.kl to 2Ad ; calf skins, 3d to 4J per lb; sheepskins, 2s to 3s Gd each; lambskins, 3» 2d to 3s Gd ; pelts, Is to Is Gd. Wool: Inferior, Gljd per lb. Cattle: There has been increased requisition for nil descriptions, but prices did not advance accordingly, and there was a slight depression in the value of fat beasts. Average number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday ; competition throughout was good, although prices were slightly in favour of the purchaser for fat beasts as compared with the previous week. Some averages of steers were : £7 17s Gd, £G 14s lOd, £G 14s (id, £6 12s Gd, £5 10s, £5 7s (id. £4 17s Gd. Cows : £4 ss, L' 3 12s Gd, £3 10s, £3, £2 12s Gd. Sheep: A good many were brought forward, but there was little alteration in value. The Newmarket yards were fairly filled on Tuesday. There was steady demand at from Is Sd to 2s per 81b. Some good ewes realised lGs t)d each, while wethers sold at from 13s 3d to iGs 9d ; iambs, 7s to 10s Gd. Pigs : A moderate number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, and sold freely at from 2d to 2£d per lb. live weight. Messrs Stone Bros.' Report.—Southern feed oats, 2s Gd; black, 2s 2d; Danish, 2s; local, Is lid ; fowl wheat, 3s; feed barley, 2s 9d ; maize, 3s !)d ; crushed, 3s 9d; chaff, best oaten 70s, bright straw (good) Goh. Flour : Bycroft's first quality. £910s ; superfine, £9; Golden Gem, £9 14s; Diamond Dust, £9 Oatmeal, £910s ; bran, £4; sharps, £4 10s; Southern hams and bacon, Sid ; local do., 7d ; vinegar, Is (id per gallon (casks in). Tea : Boxes, 15s ; half-chests, Is Gd per lb; half-chest Indian, 2s per lb. Bonedust: Auckland Tallow Co.'s, £7 10s ; Runcorn, £7 10s ; Sydney JT, £G 15.5; Ipswich, £7 10s; S. and U. l'ore, £7 ; ".Farmers' Friend,"£fi. Hobart palings, 15s per 100; Manila rope, 8d and !)d ; .Europe rope, 7d; New Zealand flax rope, £G; cornsacks, 44 by 2(iA, 7s per dozen ; ISvcroft's biscuits, -Id to lOd : currants, 4 : j>l; pohntnkawa felloes (all sizes), lOd ; rod gnin felloes, from 3by 2A up to 5 by 4, 72s (rise of ss); ironbark shafts (10 feet), 12s; bluegum shafts (10 feet) 10s per pair ; kerosene (Light of the Age brand), Is lOd per gallon ; colza oil. 3s Gd ; clothes lines, Nos. 1, 2, 3, from 3s (id to Ss Gd ; bluegum (aborted sizes, 20s per 100. Coal and coke : Newcastle, 22s Gd ; Queensland, GOs; Greymouth, GOs. Saunders and Gilberd's soaps, 14s to 20s ; manures, £(i to £7-

AUCKLAND PRO DUCK MARKETS. (|IY TELKGUAI'H. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, List Night. — Wholesale, butter, prime fresh, (Sd ; second quality, lid ; third, 5d ; cheese, good, 4 ; |d to 4;Jd ; uags, Is .'id ; lard, in bladders, 5.J,d ; bacon and hams, Gd to Sd ; Canterbury bacon, in cloths, sides, Sd ; equal numbers, ; hams, !lyd. Flour: Local, roller, first (piality. £!> ss; second, £8 15s; southern roller, £;» 5s ; stone flour, £8 15s to £9 ; bran, £3 10s ; southern oats, 2s to 2s 3d ; local wheat, Tuscan, 2s !)d to 3s; local potatoes, 3s 5d ; onions, 3d per lb.